The Game of our Lives by Owl_Skip
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Details
Music, Art and Coding by Owl_Skip.
If you like myMusic, you can find more at https://spoti.fi/2xG2RZT
SourceCode - https://github.com/timrcoding/The-Game-of-Living
A few thoughts
This has been a tough week for all of us. In setting up for Ludum Dare, I decided I wanted to make a game that instilled a sense of calm and thoughtfulness, rather than one of manic action.
For this reason, I took inspiration from the Mathematician John Conway, who passed away earlier this week.
Conway is best known for his ‘Game of Life’ - ‘a never ending simulation of cell duplication. He was an influence for me, as well as many others in Music ,Art and Games. In the game, cells can only survive if they can join together. If they do they can create things of wonderful complexity.
While John’s cells joined together for survival, we have been forced to distance ourselves. I found this both ironic and tragic. At this time, the hardest thing to keep alive is our sense of self.
This game is not intended to be played for long. Perhaps it isn’t a game at all. It is a space for your thoughts and reflections. You can use it how you like. I hope you have a great Game Jam.
| Youtube | https://owl-skip.itch.io/the-game-of-our-lives |
| Youtube | https://github.com/timrcoding/The-Game-of-Living |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/the-game-of-our-lives |
Ratings
| Overall | 280th | 3.696⭐ | 71🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 970th | 2.592⭐ | 73🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 295th | 3.57⭐ | 73🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 835th | 3.261⭐ | 73🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 223th | 3.866⭐ | 73🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 4th | 4.439⭐ | 76🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 796th | 2.082⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 14th | 4.356⭐ | 75🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 20🗳️ | 57🗨️ |
Very inspiring, well done !
The sentiment that the game shares is something I mesh with a lot and has influenced my decisions during this jam.
I am glad you made this.
Thank you & stay safe <3
:relieved:
Also your narration reminds me of Bennett Foddy's quotes when you fall down in Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy which is oddly juxtaposed with the relaxing nature of your game.
I also made a game inspired by John Conway. Check it out if you want!
I made another game with the rules of Game of Life, but couldn't quite figure out how to make complex patterns in this one. Unlike my game, this one wasn't meant for optimizing your cellular automata, but as a relaxing experience, and I think it succeeded excellently in that.
Love the art, was trying to figure out the game of life aspect of the the circles when your voice came up. It startled me in a good way.
I enjoyed the mood, and the sound track.
thank you for this refreshing moment
Small note, when playing the web version, the resolution seems too big for my monitor, so I have to use scroll bars to get to the game screen edges. Because of that also the full screen button can't be reached. It might be just me, but I had the same problem with my game and I fixed it by reducing resolution in itch.io to 1280 x 720.
Other than that, great job and a piece of great art. Thank you for creating it!
Veeery nice.
Although I promised myself to not rate any games related to the covid, I decided to make an exemption for yours. You have addressed the situation in a meaningful way, and I really appreciate that.
I can't say I understand the exact mechanics between the cells in this game, but I like it very much. Doesn't feel like a game though, but it is strangely satisfying.
Keep up the good work.